europe

Don't Miss:

02/05/2024 Shopee races past other e-commerce rivals ( E-Tailing )
30/04/2024 TikTok, Facebook, and other foreign service providers pay $575M in taxes ( General )
29/04/2024 Sacombank assures no loss on $141M loan to Bamboo Airways ( General )
29/04/2024 Skype rolls out update with new features for both Android and iOS ( General )
26/04/2024 Changi Airport Group awards OUE tender for lease and development of new hotel at Changi Airport Terminal 2 ( General )
26/04/2024 Korean Air to launch new route to Macau ( General )
26/04/2024 WhatsApp is working on an option to stop notifications when someone reacts to your status updates ( General )
24/04/2024 Puma to launch compostable shoes after a two-year pilot project ( Fashion )
24/04/2024 7-Eleven eyes 100,000 stores globally by 2030 ( General )
24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )
24/04/2024 FPT and Nvidia to build $200M AI factory in Vietnam ( Electronics )
23/04/2024 Google Meet now lets users make annotations during presentations ( General )
22/04/2024 WhatsApp testing scheduling feature for easier event management in Communities ( General )
22/04/2024 EU set to approve Apple’s plan to open its NFC technology for rivals ( Electronics )

Retail Asia25/01/2019

Gold prices rose on Thursday as the dollar declined due to concerns the prolonged U.S. government shutdown will limit economic growth at the same global growth is slowing as well. Spot gold was up 0.1 percent at $1,283.31 per ounce, as of 0326 GMT, while U.S. gold futures were down 0.1 percent at $1,282.60 per […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia24/01/2019

Chinese electronics firm Xiaomi has opened its largest European Mi Store in Paris. Queues for the January 18 1pm opening started to form at the Champs-Elysees location at sunrise, despite freezing temperatures. The store is hosting a reportedly comprehensive selection of the brand’s full product range, including smartphones, headphones, cameras and home appliances. In celebration […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia13/12/2018

Renault Samsung Motors, the Korean unit of French carmaker Renault S.A., is planning to start producing the Twizy ultra-small electric car in its sole domestic plant next year, industry sources said Monday. Renault Samsung, Busan Metropolitan City, and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy are expected to sign an initial agreement this month to […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia07/12/2018

Volkswagen launched its sleek new midsize Arteon sedan in Korea on Wednesday with high hopes that the car will overshadow consumers’ memories of the company’s emissions rigging scandal, which was first revealed three years ago. The sedan is the last of the five cars the German automaker promised to roll out in the local market […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia07/12/2018

8589130414649-valentino-italian-fashion-wallpaper-hd-1024x698.jpg

Pierpaolo Piccioli, creative director of Valentino, was in Tokyo last week to celebrate the brand’s Ginza Six store opening and its Pre-Fall 2019 runway show, titled “Valentino TKY,” of which Japan’s wabi-sabi aesthetic was credited as one inspiration. Kim Jones was also in town to present Dior Men’s Pre-Fall 2019 collection and a pop-up store Thursday evening, although his nod […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia27/11/2018

French carmaker Renault has asked Korean steelmaker Posco to enter the Moroccan market and supply automotive steel, a person familiar with the issue said last Thursday. Renault approached the world’s fifth-largest steelmaker by output in early 2017 as part of its strategy to diversify its supply of steel, the source said, who asked not to […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia15/11/2018

Hyundai Motor is introducing its connected-car system in Europe in partnership with Vodafone next year. The carmaker and affiliate Kia Motors signed a memorandum of understanding with Vodafone at the company’s British headquarters on Monday to roll out the service, Hyundai Motor said. Its Blue Link connected-car platform will be available in cars launching in Europe […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia21/08/2018

South Korean eyewear brand Gentle Monster began the first phase of a major European expansion plan when it opened a 450 sq m store in the heart of London’s West End. Celebrating the opening at a party, the company’s UK and Europe managing director, Gary Bott, also talked about its Selfridges concession opening Monday and […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia19/07/2018

Tea WG has announced its launch in Europe in conjunction with its 10th anniversary. The luxury tea brand will open two Tea WG Salons & Boutiques in London at Knightsbridge and Leicester Square, achieving the distinction of being the first luxury tea brand to emerge from Asia in the UK market. Both new venues are […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia29/06/2018

Vietnam will have to wait another six months for the European Union to consider lifting a ‘yellow card’ restriction slapped last year because of illegal fishing. After an evaluation done May 15-24 this year, the EC decided that they would consider lifting the yellow card in January next year, as Vietnam has shown “improvement,” according […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia28/06/2018

Hong Kong tops the table of the world’s most expensive cities in terms of everyday cost of living. That’s according to a newly-published global survey by Mercer, a company specialising in sharing of ideas and information. Claiming six out of the top 10 spots, Asian cities dominate the list of most expensive locations for working abroad […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia07/05/2018

South Korea’s top courier CJ Logistics Corp. will start a door-to-door overland parcel delivery service from China to Europe via railways and trucks. The company said it will start the Eurasia Bridge Service that uses both Trans China Railway trains and trucks to deliver containers directly from China to clients’ manufacturing plants and logistics centers […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia30/03/2018

There were queues when Filipino fast-food giant Jollibee Europe opened its first-ever branch, in Milan. An estimated 170,000 Filipinos live in the Italian city. In the early hours of the outlet’s opening day, families, young people, members of the Filipino community, and even locals were lining up in front of the Jollibee store. Slide to […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia19/03/2018

An EU court ruled on Wednesday that the design of Crocs shoes cannot be patented in Europe in a blow to the US-based maker of the plastic clogs. Luxembourg-based judges upheld a 2016 decision by the EU’s intellectual property office to cancel the patent because Crocs made the design public before registering it. Crocs have […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia05/03/2018

Korea Investment Management Co. has obtained a 99-year leasehold for €370 million ($454 million) of two buildings in Brussels used as the headquarters of Belgium’s foreign ministry, in the largest property investment by a South Korean investor in the European country. The asset manager, a sister company of brokerage Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd., […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia20/02/2018

Sales of passenger cars in Europe rose twice as fast in January as in the whole of 2017, helped by strong gains at France’s PSA Group and Renault, industry data showed. Registrations increased 6.8 percent to 1.29 million cars last month in the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, Brussels-based industry […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia05/02/2018

Several Vietnamese companies have introduced Việt Nam’s cultural features, natural landscapes and cuisine to visitors at the 60th Brussels Holiday Fair that is being held in Belgium’s capital city from February 1 to February 4. At the event, representatives from Vietnam Airlines, the national flag carrier, have provided visitors with information on its inbound and […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia05/02/2018

Boostcom, the globally leading “proptech” provider for shopping malls, has signed an agreement to acquire all customer and technology related assets in Mall-Connect based in the Netherlands. Mall-Connect has been helping shopping malls in EMEA, Latin America, and Asia on the digital side since 2011. Mall-Connect customers, prospects, and industry relations will now be introduced […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia25/01/2018

Schiphol Cargo reported an increase of 5.4 per cent on yearly tonnage in 2017 with strong demand in the Far East for European goods boosting total figures to 1,752,498 tonnes. Europe’s third largest air cargo hub experienced an uptick in cargo throughput of 7.4 per cent year-on-year between January and October 2017, with total figures […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia12/01/2018

As part of the presentation of the European Transport Award for Sustainability (ETPN), this year Dachser received the Special Award for Corporate Social Responsibility. The company came first in the Transportation and Forwarding Companies category. Awarded by Munich-based specialist logistics publisher Huss-Verlag, the Special Award recognises a company’s commitment to sustainability. It takes into account […]

CONTINUE READING

About Retail News Asia

Retail News Asia is committed to providing local and global retailers with the latest news from the Asian retail market on a daily basis.

We have resources for everyone from independently owned business owners to online-only retailers and major chains expanding their reach throughout the Asian market. Retail News is “the news source” with over 50 weekly posts and 13,6 million readers.

CALL US ANYTIME

Most read

Retail updates

Stay up to date of the lates updates and retail news from Asia.

X